 | 1816 - 592 pages
...Goldsmith had compared his Parish Priest ' To some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm ; Though round...spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.' This is one of the most simple and sublime passages in English poetry : Mr. Phillips — who, by the way,... | |
 | Alan R. Burger, Hyman R. Cohen, David H. DeGrood - 1980 - 308 pages
...or not, he has an inevitable eminence: As some tall cliff, that lifts its mighty form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. These lines of Goldsmith's I have long known and loved... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - 1995 - 176 pages
...them his heart, his loves, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. The tradition of Herbert lives on, though more eighteenthcentury... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pages
...small alteration will remove the inaccuracy: So lifts some tow'ring cliff its awful form, Swells form the vale, and midway leaves the storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. The rest of the poem consists of the character of the... | |
 | Helen Jacobus Apte - 1998 - 252 pages
...way. The following lines are said to be one of the best examples of metaphor in the English language: "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." October 25, 1901 Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 600 pages
...the following words of Oliver Goldsmith? Like some tall peak that rears its awesome form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm; Though 'round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Mountains cover a fifth of the land surface of the world,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With... | |
 | Gina Luria Walker - 2005 - 352 pages
...by which the ancients are so generally characterized:* she, superior, rose above her contemporaries, "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sun-shine settles on its head." Goldsmith's Deserted Village (1770) But there is not... | |
 | Jaya Row - 2004 - 152 pages
...them, his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.' This is the crucial difference. Interact freely with people emotionally but your intellect must be rooted... | |
 | 514 pages
...But Liberty rising above party prejudice, Freedom lifting itself above all other considerations, " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...— Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." And on the ist day of January, 1863, the grandest New... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,... 
